Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-01
MUST TRY AGAIN.
Gallant Performance Of the
Yankee Yacht.
DEFEATS HER RIVAL EASILY.
The Cup Still Observation-Disclosures
astic Demonstration at
the Finish.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
New YoRK, September 30.-The
great rain and fog occurring this morn
ing had the effect of almost entirely
driving away the crowds from the ex-
cursion steamers that were to accom-
pany the yachts Thistle and Volunteer
on the second race Of the series for the
America cup.
AT THE START.
HIGHLANDS, 8 :38 A. Mt is raining
heavily and the wind is twenty miles
an hour and stiffening rapidly. A
dense fog shuts off view Of the water.
There is some chance of it lifting.
10:42 A. M.-The preparatory gun
was fred at 10 :32. The yachts are
now maneuvering for a start. The
wind is fifteen miles, east. The fog
is lifting trifle.
1O:4SA. M.-The yachts have crossed
the line. A haze prevents close OBJ
servation, but the Volunteer seems to
have slight lead. They are going
with very close hauled booms to port.
IL 80 A. M.-The yachts are out of
sight. When last seen they were
heading east by northeast and sailing
very rapidly, with the gap widening .
little in favor of the Yankee. The
wind still holds east and blows stead
lily, twenty to twenty-five miles an
hour.
LONG BEACH, September 30.-12 AS
Pm. Both yachts standing south and
the Volunteer ahead. The Volun-
teer, after the start, bore to windward
in great style and through the drifting
fog could be seen gaining on the
Scotch cutter. Ten minutes after the
start she was well to windward and
pulling away from the Thistle. The
wind was east-north-east and blowing
twenty-four miles an hour.
IL 52 p. M.-The yachts are now
about one mile south Of the turning
stake ,and the Volunteer leads by over
a mile.
LONG BEACH, September 30.-The
Volunteer is two miles ahead.
SANDY Hook, l AS P. M.-The OCEAN
is covered with white caps and blow
ing half gale. Pilot boats are scud-
ding about under double reef and the
wind is now thirty miles and increas-
ing. Ii it blows much heavier the
racers will have to house their top
masts.
At $50 the Volunteer is six miles
from Scotland Lightship and three
miles ahead OF the Thistle.
SANDY Hook, P. M.-The Thistle
turned the stake boat at 2:42, seven
teen minutes after the Volunteer. The
wind has fallen to twenty miles an
hour.
SANDY Hook, September 30.-The
Volunteer is four miles from the
finishing line. Thistle two miles
astern.
HIGHLANDS, September 30.-The
Volunteer crossed the line at 4 %.
THE FINISH.
SANDY Hook, September 30.-The
Volunteer has won. The official time
of crossing the line was 4:24. The
blowing of whistles and booming of
guns continued for fully minutes.
The Thistle finished at :34.
SUPERIORITY ACKNOWLEDGED.
After the race Mr.. Bell admitted
lIldI NOluHtCCl Will hCi NCAASCA"
board had fairly beaten the Thistle in
thrashing to the windward. He in
sisted, however, that the courses laid
out by the Americas cup committee
were unfair. He said that he fully
expected to win the inside race and
the triangular or third race, because
he had no doubt the Thistle could
easily beat the American sloop in rum
ming and reaching. Mr.. Bell added
that the Thistle was for sale for $50 GOO,
and that if a purse were offered for
another race she would be entered.
He had nothing to say about the foul
condition of the bottom of the Thistle
to-day and the designer, G. L. Watson,
and Capt. Barr both admitted that
the Thistle had been beaten in wind
ward work and that the center-board
had greatly helped to do it. Mr.. Bell,
correspondent Of the Glasgow Herah,
says that a challenge for the cup
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